Table 17. Standard errors for life insurance plans: Employeecontribution requirement, State and local government workers,National Compensation Survey, March 2009

Characteristics

Employeecontribution notrequired

Employeecontributionrequired

All workers

1.5

1.5

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

1.6

1.6

Professional and related

1.5

1.5

Teachers

1.3

1.3

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

1.1

1.1

Service

1.7

1.7

Protective service

1.8

1.8

Sales and office

1.8

1.8

Office and administrative support

1.9

1.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

1.8

1.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

1.6

1.6

Full time

1.5

1.5

Part time

1.8

1.8

Union

0.7

0.7

Nonunion

2.7

2.7

Wage percentiles:1

Lowest 25 percent

3.0

3.0

Second 25 percent

1.8

1.8

Third 25 percent

1.4

1.4

Highest 25 percent

1.0

1.0

Highest 10 percent

1.7

1.7

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

1.5

1.5

Education and health services

2.0

2.0

Educational services

2.1

2.1

Elementary and secondary schools

1.4

1.4

Health care and social assistance

2.5

2.5

Hospitals

3.0

3.0

Public administration

1.6

1.6

1 to 99 workers

1.7

1.7

1 to 49 workers

2.0

2.0

50 to 99 workers

2.5

2.5

100 workers or more

1.6

1.6

100 to 499 workers

2.3

2.3

500 workers or more

1.8

1.8

State government

3.9

3.9

Local government

0.9

0.9

Geographic areas

New England

5.7

5.7

Middle Atlantic

0.8

0.8

East North Central

3.2

3.2

West North Central

1.9

1.9

South Atlantic

2.3

2.3

West South Central

1.9

1.9

Mountain

2.3

2.3

Pacific

0.4

0.4

Footnotes:

1The percentile groupings are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, whichmay include workers both above and below the threshold. The percentile values are based on theestimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the UnitedStates, 2008." See Technical Note for more details.

NOTE: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary ofEmployee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20082009.htm.